Fourteen films to vie for top prize at Altın Koza Film Fest

Fourteen films are to compete for the crowning glory of the best film award in the national feature competition at this year’s Altın Koza (Golden Boll) International Film Festival, the Anatolia news agency reported on Monday.

The winner of the prestigious prize will be announced at the festival award ceremony on Saturday, Sept. 24. Previously offering a substantial cash prize of TL 250,000, the prize has this year been raised to TL 350,000. Other awards include the Yılmaz Güney Award -- named after the legendary actor-filmmaker from Adana -- which will come with a cash award of TL 75,000 starting this year, and the Adana Audience Award, which will carry a monetary prize of TL 50,000. The prize for best director will be decided by the competition jury and will earn its winner TL 75,000, Anatolia said.

With the total amount of prize money to be awarded totting up to a dizzying TL 936,000, cash prizes will this year be awarded to the winners of the acting, art direction and editing categories for the first time in the festival’s history. For more information, visit www.altinkozafestivali.org.tr.